Is it possible on stock rom ? L. In the old days with root priveleges you could overclock android phones .
Phone runs pretty cool and could take some beating...
Does anyone have any guide available ?
peugeotmafia said:
Is it possible on stock rom ? L. In the old days with root priveleges you could overclock android phones .
Phone runs pretty cool and could take some beating...
Does anyone have any guide available ?
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Overclocking is in the kernel, not the ROM. You'd need a custom kernel, as well as whatever control app that kernel uses.
Be aware that overclocking won't get you any significant performance improvement, and due to the nature of mobile devices (no active cooling) I strongly recommend against it, as your phone cannot effectively dissipate the increased heat. You'll burn up your CPU.
how it's gonna burn if it's gonna throttle itself
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Hi there, thinking about getting SetCPU - I have some questions before I do because I hear it can be dangerous?
- I've heard it can brick your phone?
- What if you set it too high?
- Do you personally have to monitor it?
- What are the benefits?
- Use alot of battery?
- Is it really worth using?
- Is it optimized for different phones - example the One X?
Thanks guys!
JDBurnie said:
Hi there, thinking about getting SetCPU - I have some questions before I do because I hear it can be dangerous?
- I've heard it can brick your phone?
- What if you set it too high?
- Do you personally have to monitor it?
- What are the benefits?
- Use alot of battery?
- Is it really worth using?
- Is it optimized for different phones - example the One X?
Thanks guys!
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Hi, i have read that SetCPU cannot view all the cores i have read alot saying that System Tuner works fine you might want to try that.
I used to use SetCPU on my sensation and never hand any issues with it i did not monitor the app at all
Benefits allows overclocking if available in kernel
it can be overclocked and cause some issues such as overheating but if set correctly will be fine doesnt use much battery if any
and no i dont think you can brick your phone
if you set it too high i believe i had to reflash rom nothing major
BTW this is based on my own knowledge and usage
Hope this helps
Thanks man
JDBurnie said:
Thanks man
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How much battery life can you save using setCPU?
lamenramen said:
How much battery life can you save using setCPU?
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None in theory, if the CPU is slower it takes longer to go from
idle - process - idle
Faster speeds allow it to get it over and done with faster and get back to idle.
Of course it will at times stop the CPU going higher than it needs too which could save battery.
Under volting will save more batter then underclocking ever will.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
SetCPU can not see Tegra 3 yet
Use System Tuner and its free
hamdir said:
SetCPU can not see Tegra 3 yet
Use System Tuner and its free
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Thanks. I have system tuner, but what do I need to do in order to improve battery life?
I have set the governor to powersave. Is there anything else? How would I undervolt using this app?
lamenramen said:
Thanks. I have system tuner, but what do I need to do in order to improve battery life?
I have set the governor to powersave. Is there anything else? How would I undervolt using this app?
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undervolting requires your phones kernel to support it, currently on these forums there is only one that does but i haven't tested it, sticking firm to the "stock kernel is best" and will do untill the kernels have more time to mature.
you could limit your max speed to 1 GHz, if you are rooted you can use Core control to turn off cores and run your phone as a dual core.
treebill said:
undervolting requires your phones kernel to support it, currently on these forums there is only one that does but i haven't tested it, sticking firm to the "stock kernel is best" and will do untill the kernels have more time to mature.
you could limit your max speed to 1 GHz, if you are rooted you can use Core control to turn off cores and run your phone as a dual core.
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Not to be lazy, but would running the phone as dual core and limiting it to 1 ghz result in a perceptible battery savings? I'm trying to get a feel for how much I should expect custom ROMs to make my One X perform up to par. Thus far, I've installed two custom ROMs and felt like the improvements were all safely in the minor category.
I did install cyanogenmod 7 on a phone last year wow, that resulted in major benefits.
lamenramen said:
Not to be lazy, but would running the phone as dual core and limiting it to 1 ghz result in a perceptible battery savings? I'm trying to get a feel for how much I should expect custom ROMs to make my One X perform up to par. Thus far, I've installed two custom ROMs and felt like the improvements were all safely in the minor category.
I did install cyanogenmod 7 on a phone last year wow, that resulted in major benefits.
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Running on 2 cores stops the phone from using and 2 cores uses less power then 4, playing games and using all cores is over kill 2 cores will run the game without lag use less power and make less heat.
You'll maybe get 10% from doing that but I haven't tested.
Really the only time any of this saves battery is during demanding programs, tegrea has a super low power companion core, for all your power saving needs.
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I tried conservative governor while downloading sd files for Nova3 gave execllent results
I strongly advice not to undervolt tegra3
t3 is not like any other chip and UV or OC should not be attempted
OC because the chip is already at the max of its thermals
UV for the same reason n might end up with problems like flicker
changing governors and UC should be enough
I have no experience overclocking a mobile device, so I have no knowledge about what is standard/good/bad/safe/unsafe. Basically I want to overclock my Gnex but I don't want to shorten its lifespan. What's a safe amount to overclock to that won't be bad in the long run for my Gnex? (Running Franco M4)
fredryk said:
I have no experience overclocking a mobile device, so I have no knowledge about what is standard/good/bad/safe/unsafe. Basically I want to overclock my Gnex but I don't want to shorten its lifespan. What's a safe amount to overclock to that won't be bad in the long run for my Gnex? (Running Franco M4)
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I've personally never found a reason to overclock this phone at all, and that's usually the best for lifetime preservation.
As far as I know recommended maximum speed of CPU is 1,5ghz, so theoretically it is safe to overclock it to this amount. But I don't know if the build of GN for example do not make the CPU heat more what can cause less life time in such speed.
JaiaV said:
I've personally never found a reason to overclock this phone at all, and that's usually the best for lifetime preservation.
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Hate it when people do this.
Q- What's a good gym/pool nearby?
A- In my experience, best to not hit the gym or swim....
Q- Getting a new car, any auggestions?
A- Best not to get one. Take the bus...
I'm running francos latest kernel. I just picked the highest OC on the list (1344mhz). I think the non-stable goes higher.
THS1989 said:
Hate it when people do this.
Q- What's a good gym/pool nearby?
A- In my experience, best to not hit the gym or swim....
Q- Getting a new car, any auggestions?
A- Best not to get one. Take the bus...
I'm running francos latest kernel. I just picked the highest OC on the list (1344mhz). I think the non-stable goes higher.
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Non stable goes to 1500mhz.
About the "to overclock or not to overclock" discussion, i'm leaning towards not needed YET. The phone still packs a punch when it comes to gaming and such IMO.
OP says he is noob with these things aswell, so it might be wise to wait a little and get some android experience before jumping on the OC train.
That beeing said. Every cpu is different so one cpu can be clocked to 1500mhz while a different one will fail when beeing clocked to 1300. You just have to try different clock speeds and check if it is stable or not. The cpu have built in throtteling when temperature limits are reached.
Swyped on my CM9 Galaxy Nexus
I found this overclocking tip from this site http://galaxyygamingarena.blogspot.in/2012/08/1ghz-overclock-simply.html Can anyone verify this is legit or fake?????????????????????????????????
l0lh4rd said:
I found this overclocking tip from this site http://galaxyygamingarena.blogspot.in/2012/08/1ghz-overclock-simply.html Can anyone verify this is legit or fake?????????????????????????????????
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are you flash this kernel or not i avoid t flash this and lost my mob
I want to know whether its fake or not? I don't want to take the risk of damaging my phone
l0lh4rd said:
I want to know whether its fake or not? I don't want to take the risk of damaging my phone
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Dont try it bro. Look at meruk kernels thread in development section.there is no feature called overclocking.
I have heard in past that he made a overclocking kernel which was abandoned.
My advice.most the developers are in xda.most blogs copy paste their work.do a search in xda before doing something risky.
send from Gods Own Country........
It works, you can overclock to 900MHz and also, 1GHz, but it drains battery like anything, almost 5x times, mines over at just 3 hours with normal usage, and some fcs with multi tasking, it isnt stable. So better not use it and btw, if something like this comes, it comes first at xda, dont waste your time reading other blogs.
BTW, its copied from merruk kernel thread from development section.
I overclocked with this kernel
Improved benchmark score
But drains battery very fast
Better use a good kernel....
Sent from my GT-S5360 with chobitsv2 and white kernel...
Hello all.
I know its a tablet, and people tend to not overclock often - but I just wanted to know if anyone has overclocked a bit?
If so, how far have you gone, is it stable, and is the heat sink coping?
punkmilitia said:
Hello all.
I know its a tablet, and people tend to not overclock often - but I just wanted to know if anyone has overclocked a bit?
If so, how far have you gone, is it stable, and is the heat sink coping?
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We first need a custom kernel that supports it.
I'd rather have a better governor than overclocking. The tablet seems to have some sluggishness in stepping up and down though recent firmware fixes have alleviated that.
Diogenes5 said:
I'd rather have a better governor than overclocking. The tablet seems to have some sluggishness in stepping up and down though recent firmware fixes have alleviated that.
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Oh, I agree for normal android usage. Overclocking is just something that interests me, especially for future emulation. For some reason I recall only needing to root to overclock - but then again that was like 2-3 years ago so maybe kernel is a requisite or my memory has faded, rofl.
I have the tab pro 8.4, are kernels currently in development? What are you guys using to overclock?
Not now.
Crpalmer is working on a kernel and if he releases that then I think we could expect one for custom roms.
And this tablet doesn't need overclock. Nor will it handle it. The only thing that would be helpful is voltage control. it gets hot enough as it is.
If you really want a performance boost root it and change the cpu governer to performance. It locks the cpu at 2. 3 ghz. (the tablet will get insanely hot though)
Hamza Murad said:
Not now.
Crpalmer is working on a kernel and if he releases that then I think we could expect one for custom roms.
And this tablet doesn't need overclock. Nor will it handle it. The only thing that would be helpful is voltage control. it gets hot enough as it is.
If you really want a performance boost root it and change the cpu governer to performance. It locks the cpu at 2. 3 ghz. (the tablet will get insanely hot though)
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I am not working on a custom kernel. I am working on a new kernel to be the CM kernel but it will still be stock voltages and speeds...